Heating apparatus



R. WADE.

HEATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15. 1920.

1,410, 13 1. Patented Mar. 21, 1922.

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ROY WADE, OFPOCATELLO, IDAHO.

HEATING APPARATUS.

heating apparatus for heating dwellin s and the like and the principal object of t e invention is to provide means for causing a circulation of the air in-the dwelling with means for imparting heat to the air at one point in its circulation by a body of heated.

water, the water being available for other use when desired' m Th1s 1nvent1on also consists in certaln other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the' several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view showing a portion of a dwelling with my invention in use.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2--2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is an enlarged View of the means for applying moisture to the air.

Figure 4 is a section on line 1 1 of Fig-. ure 3.

Figure 5 is a diagram of the electric circuit.

In these drawings 1 indicates the basement of a dwelllng and 2 one of the rooms above. A casing 3 is located in the basement and this casing is preferably of tapered formation, as shown in the drawing. The small end of said casing is connected by a pipe 4 with a register 5 located in'the room 2 and an electric fan 6 is arranged in the small end. of the casing so as to cause the air from room 2 to pass down the pipe 4: into the casing. The large end of the casing is fitted with a radiator 7 which is somewhat similar to an automobile radiator. The air leaving thisradiator will pass into a chamber 8 and from this chamber it flows to the room, or rooms, through 4 the I pipes 9, which lead to Specification of.Letters Patent. Patented pl 21 1922 Application filed June 15,

1920. Serial No. 389,106.

the registers 10. A Water tank 11 is placed in the basement and the lower part of said tank is connected with an electric water heater 12 and this heater is connected with the bottom of the radiator by the pipe 13. The top of the tank isconnected with the radiator by pipe 14 which connects with the top of the radiator. Tank 11 is connected with a suitable source of supply by pipe 15 and water may be drawn from said tank by pipe 16. As shown in the diagrammatic view the electric heater coil is connected with the main source of supply by the conductors 17 in which is located the switch 18 and the electric fan is connected with said main by the conductors 19 in which is located the controlling switch 20. This switch 20 is of a type to' give the fan various speeds.

In order to moisten the air passing through the device I locate strips 21 of felt or the like in front of the radiator, the upper ends of the strips passing into a slotted pipe 22. The ends of this pipe are closed and water is supplied to said pipe by means of a small pipe 23 which is connected with pipe 14. Th1s pipe 23 has a regulating valve 24:

therein. The water in the slotted pipe will saturate the strips of felt and thus add moisture to the air passing from the radiator and at the same time collect any dust which is in the air.

- It will thus be seen that a circulation of the air within the dwelling will be set up when the fan is operating and this air passing through the radiator will be heated by the hot water circulating through the pipes of the radiator. This hot water is available for use in the dwelling and thus it serves a double function.

In hot weather cold water may be caused to circulate through the radiator so as to from the foregoing descrip- I desire it to be understood t at may make changes in the construction and 1n the Y combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention 1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a casing, means for connecting the same with a room to be heated, a fan in said casing for causing the air to circulate, a radiator at one end of the casing, a Water tank connected With said radiator, means for heating the Water for causing the Water to heat the air passing through said radiator and means for drawing water from said tank.

2. An apparatus of the class described ROY WADE. 

